q       Date the character chart completed

q       Character’s full name - Tan Ah Bee

q       Category of character - Main character

·         Nickname - Bee B

·         Reason for his nickname – It was derived from ‘Baby’.

Physical Appearance

q       Age - 7

q       Eye Color - Brown

q       Height & Weight – 120cm & 20kg

q       Predominant features – little tummy

q       Race - Chinese

·         Type of body build – human being body

·         Skin tone – pinkish brown

·         Shape of face - rounded

·         Looks like - normal

The W List

q       Where is it set? – his house and corridor of shop houses

q       When is it set? – afternoon, after school

q       What does your character want? – to rear little pets

q       Who is your character? – a poor and lonely Chinese boy 

q       Which famous actor (in which movie) can suite the characteristic of your character? - Little girl in Tonari no Totoro

q       Why is he/she? - She likes pets/cute creatures too.

q       What does he/she expect? - To own a little pet for accompanying him during pastime.

q       How does he/she get it? - By catching little tadpoles himself in the gutter

q       Where does it come from? (refer to background)

·         What does he say about himself? – He always alone and feels lonely

·         What others say about him? – quiet, isolating himself most of the time

·         What does he think about everyone? – Everyone seems to be avoiding him

·         What does he think about everything? – Cute creatures can be his friends

·         What does everyone think about him/her? – Charming but quiet

·         What animal is like him/her? - Rabbit

·         What color is like him/her? - white

·         What food is like him/her? - Mango

·         What season is like him/her? - winter

Background

q       Where does he live? - housing area of Bahau

q       Where did he grow up? (Hometown) - Bahau

q       Era/ Time period – 1980s

q       Type of childhood - lonely

q       Most important childhood event that still effects him or her – rearing tadpoles as his pets

q       Characters dark secrets – stealing his mom’s coffee sieve to catch tadpoles in the gutter

q       Education – Primary School

q       Religion – Taoism

q       Finance – Poor, survives with pocket money, 30 cents per day

q       Job - pupil

q       Marital Status – single

·         Where does the character want to live? City

·         Most prized possession – marbles

·         Biggest Accomplishments – won the 1^st prize in drawing competition

·         Biggest Regrets – no money to buy fish

·         Does he/she drive? - no

Family

 ·         Mother – a hawker, busy with kuih selling business

·         Father – a farmer, working daily for family

·         Brother/ Sister – One sister, helping mother at stall

·         Relation with each member – cold, no chance to talk to them

·         Their relation to him/ her – cold, no time to care him

Goals

 q       Immediate goals – rear pets for accompanying him

q       Long term goals – get good result to attract family members’ attention

q       How does the character plan to accomplish these goals? – catch by himself in the gutter; study hard

·         How will other characters be effected? – surprised and impressed by what he did with his pets, realize their ignorance against him.

Personality & Traits

 q       Personality Strengths (Good Characteristics) – charming, care upon little creatures

q       Personality Weakness (Character Flaws) – stealing, too quiet

q       Emotional traits - shy

q       Talents – study, able to utilize available tools to achieve his aim

q       Skills - observing

q       Mannerism / Peculiarities – like to keep secrets of himself

·         Soft spots – cute little creatures

·         Vulnerability – easy to feel sad but don’t like to cry

·         Optimist/ Pessimist - pessimist

·         Introvert/ Extrovert - Introvert

·         Drives and motivation – determined by financial status or other capabilities to obtain something

Problems/ Crisis

 ·         How does the character react in a crisis? – depress, but keep observing for possible solutions

·         How does he face his problem? – He feels helpless initially, but when alternative options are available, he will grasp the chance creatively

·         What kind of a problem does the character usually run into? - Finance

·         How does the character react to change? – depress and feels helpless

Habits (Bad/ Good)

 q       Hobbies – rear little pets, reading, painting

·         Drinks – cold drinks

Favorites

 q       Color - Blue

q       Music – kids’ songs

q       Food – banana

q       Drink – mango juice

q       Clothing – singlet and pants

q       Toy – chess and marble

·         Least favorite clothing – school uniform

·         Painting – painting about cute creatures

·         Book – the history of Chinese

·         Poetry – Dynasty Tang’s Poems

·         Sport - running

·         Animal – fish and tadpoles

·         Jewelry / Other accessories – Fido Dido stickers